The section 60 of Rp Act 1951 provides special procedure for voting by certain classes of persons must be amended so that NRIs are provided the right to vote by PROXY or in person during elections. At the same time, since the provision of Postal Ballots is currently provided in Indian Embasies to government officials, it could be explored whether NRIs too could be permitted to vote using postal ballots in the same embasies.
Section 60. Special procedure for voting by certain classes of persons.—Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions contained in section 59, provision may be made, by rules made under this Act, for enabling,—
(a) any of the persons as is referred to in clause (a) or clause (b) of sub-section (8) of section 20 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950), (hereinafter in this section referred to as the 1950-Act) to give his vote either in person or by postal ballot or by proxy, and not in any other manner, at an election in a constituency where poll is taken;
=> Army man can choose to vote by postal ballot or proxy.
(b) any of the following persons to give his vote either in person or by postal ballot, and not in any other manner, at an election in a constituency where a poll is taken, namely:—
(i) any person as is referred to in clause (c) or clause (d) of sub-section (8) of section 20 of the 1950-Act;
(ii) the wife of any such person to whom the provisions of sub-section (3) of section 20 of the 1950-Act apply and such wife being ordinarily residing with that person in terms of sub-section (6) of that section;
=> Police and other officers and their wives can vote by postal ballot.
(c) any person belonging to a class of persons notified by the Election Commission in consultation with the Government to give his vote by postal ballot, and not in any other manner, at an election in a constituency where a poll is taken subject to the fulfilment of such requirement as may be specified in those rules.
=> People on election duty can vote by postal ballot.
(d) any person subjected to preventive detention under any law for the time being in force to give his vote by postal ballot, and not in any other manner, at an election in a constituency where a poll is taken, subject to the fulfilment of such requirements as may be specified in those rules.]
=> Arrested voters can vote by postal ballot.
(a) any of the persons as is referred to in clause (a) or clause (b) of sub-section (8) of section 20 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950), (hereinafter in this section referred to as the 1950-Act) to give his vote either in person or by postal ballot or by proxy, and not in any other manner, at an election in a constituency where poll is taken;
=> Army man can choose to vote by postal ballot or proxy.
(b) any of the following persons to give his vote either in person or by postal ballot, and not in any other manner, at an election in a constituency where a poll is taken, namely:—
(i) any person as is referred to in clause (c) or clause (d) of sub-section (8) of section 20 of the 1950-Act;
(ii) the wife of any such person to whom the provisions of sub-section (3) of section 20 of the 1950-Act apply and such wife being ordinarily residing with that person in terms of sub-section (6) of that section;
=> Police and other officers and their wives can vote by postal ballot.
(c) any person belonging to a class of persons notified by the Election Commission in consultation with the Government to give his vote by postal ballot, and not in any other manner, at an election in a constituency where a poll is taken subject to the fulfilment of such requirement as may be specified in those rules.
=> People on election duty can vote by postal ballot.
(d) any person subjected to preventive detention under any law for the time being in force to give his vote by postal ballot, and not in any other manner, at an election in a constituency where a poll is taken, subject to the fulfilment of such requirements as may be specified in those rules.]
=> Arrested voters can vote by postal ballot.
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